Maud Melville's Marriage. By E. Everett-green. (nelson.),...
story of the latter part of the seventeenth century. Maud Melville is married, while yet a child, to her cousin Rupert, and Rupert becomes mixed up with the plots contrived for......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Fair Women and Brave Men. By Barbara Hutton. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—This series of " Stories of Heroic Historical Characters" begins with a chapter entitled "......
Axel Ebersen. By Andre Laurie. (sampson Low, Marston, And...
tale is told in the first person by Esaias Bistrom, a native of South Sweden, who comes to be master of a school in Dalecarlia. Esaias may be described as a teacher of " Slojd,"......
Children I Have Known. By Frances Hodgson Burnett....
and Co.)—These are delightful little sketches, triumphs in the art of spinning delicate and graceful textures out of the slenderest materials. Mrs. Burnett takes, for instance,......
Avice : A Story Of Imperial Rome. By Eliza F.
Pollard. (S. W. Partridge.)—This is a story of Christianity under the early Emperors. One cannot but think, indeed, that it is somewhat antedated when it is put back as far as......
Friendly Work. Edited By M. E. Townsend. (wells Gardner,...
and Co.) — Friendly Leaves. Edited by Henley L. Arden. (Same publishers.)—These periodicals are published in the interest of the " Girls' Friendly Society," and contain much......
The Guinea Stamp. By Annie S. Swan. (oliphant, Anderson, And
Ferrier, Glasgow.)—This is a well-written and well-con- structed story, and has an excellent purpose. We question,however, whether it is quite suitable to the class of......
Wolcott Balestier.*
MR. HENRY JAMES, in the biographical sketch which is appended to these stories of the late Wolcott Balestier, frankly owns that the claim of their author to remembrance is more......
The Coming Of Father Christmas. By C. F. Manning. (f.
Warne and Co.)—Here we have a series of graceful pictures, some n black-and-white, and some in colours, accompanied by verses which have considerable merit. Father Christmas is......
Asceline's Ladder. By Ellen Louisa Davis. (religious...
is written with ability and with moderation. Still, we are inclined to think that Miss Davis's views of life are not broad enough. Her hero is a clever man who gives society......
Farthings. By Mrs. Molesworth. (wells Gardner, Darton,...
is written in the interest of the " Church of England Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays." Mrs. Molesworth knows how to write a story with a purpose, and yet to......
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